By letter of 26 January 2009 the enforcement office notified the applicant that the enforcement had been terminated as, on 22 December 2008, the applicant’s entire claim had been settled

However, it is true that this delay may have been imputable partly to the applicant who had insisted on being summoned in Canada, although she had been represented in proceedings by lawyers residing in

He has been carrying the hepatitis C virus since 1994.

been a violation of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time) of the Convention.

The factual and legal reasons for the first-instance decision dismissing his claim had been set out at length.

As the child had been only five years old at the relevant time, the court had been entitled to rely on the findings of the expert. There had been no cause to doubt her professional competence.

In the instant case, that balance had not been maintained as V.D. had not been afforded an opportunity to defend his case.

    The relevant laws have been summarised in Ņikitenko v. Latvia (dec.), (no. 62609/00, 11 May 2006, and Melnītis v. Latvia (no.

    Holds that there has been a violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention.

    On 11 July 2002 the traffic police informed the applicant that the passenger had been identified. 9.

In 92% of the cases brought before them the courts found, on the basis of expert reports and the evidence adduced by the parties, that the benefits had already been paid.

    The applicant company complained that the penalty imposed by the authorities had been disproportionate: it had been fined and had its rental income confiscated in breach of Article 1 of Protocol

    Holds that there has been a violation of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention;   3.

the proceedings before the District Court had been partly attributable to the applicant’s lawyer, in that a hearing had been postponed at her request for reasons pertaining to her.

    The applicant reiterated that he had been held in inadequate conditions, that the cell had been overcrowded and that the conditions had not been conducive to maintaining proper hygiene. 38

have been raised in the exercise of a remedy available to the applicant, the national legal order has been denied the opportunity to address the Convention issue which the rule on exhaustion of domestic

  Principal facts   The applicant, Joseph Micallef, is a Maltese national who lives in Vittoriosa (Malta).

  All stated that they had been tortured during their detention in police custody.

the facts relevant for the decision had not been established.

his hands and feet had been bound during his detention.